Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
11708
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.1
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 2251 DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: COSMOS 2251 DEB
International designator: 1993-036CC
Object number (NORAD): 33835
Object ID (CCSDS): 33835
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.605 minutes
Inclination: 74.0581 deg
SMA: 7070.123 km
Apoapsis: 734.062 km
Periapsis: 649.914 km
RAAN: 46.7885 deg
Eccentricy: 0.005951
Argument of periapsis: 142.5294 deg
Mean anomaly: 277.8431 deg
Mean motion: 14.60367952 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002928 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00059633 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 5, 2025, 5:45 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 5, 2025, 3:26 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 33835U 93036CC 25186.64324230 .00002928 00000-0 59633-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 33835 74.0581 46.7885 0059510 142.5294 277.8431 14.60367952864513
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 2251 DEB.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellite. Destroyed in a collision with Iridium 33.
COSMOS 2251 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 51’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on June 16, 1993, 4:17 a.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 51
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: June 16, 1993, 4:17 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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